Global Warming - Global Catastrophe Global Warming

Global Warming, it's a major deal. But, is Global Warming really what scientists say it is? Could it really happen? Speak your mind about it. Are us humans adding to the destruction that Global Warming may do to our planet? In 20 years, could our world look as in the movie "The Day After Tomorrow"? What do you think?

 

Is this our planet in 50, 30, or even 10 years?

 

Are we killing the Earth?

 

Is this the sky of tomorrow?

Edited July 9, 2007 by jeremycollins (see edit history)

I'm not convinced that global warming is a real threat...the evidence that the theory is based on is derived from models of dubious accuracy. There is just as much evidence to support that our planet goes through "hot cycles" and that the warming is a natural phenomenon as there is to support the global warming as a result of human intervention theory. The fact is, we don't have evidence that goes far enough back to show that humans are causing the gradual increase in the temperature on this planet.

I'm not convinced that global warming is a real threat...the evidence that the theory is based on is derived from models of dubious accuracy. There is just as much evidence to support that our planet goes through "hot cycles" and that the warming is a natural phenomenon as there is to support the global warming as a result of human intervention theory. The fact is, we don't have evidence that goes far enough back to show that humans are causing the gradual increase in the temperature on this planet.

Yes, I do agree. But you do hear of all these scientists trying to "Save The Earth" and you see campaigns and meetings, doesn't that say something? It is really a big question because you have one side of the story that says it is real, and it is happening. However, you have the other side of the story that says it isn't real. They both have factual evidence. So, how do you know if it is real or if it isn't real?

Even if it is real and done by humans, I see even less facts on table or raw data on how much can be realistically done to save it - if even possible.

I, and I believe many others, are sick and tired of this propaganda everywhere.

 

Goddamn annoying rather than informative. As it is now, I have little reason to believe much can be done to prevent said Global Warming. For example, we could all live as cavemen, and only have global warming postponed for 20 years as a result of that. Taking precautions can halt the development of African countries, and just little precautions like "don't use the car if it's only 3 miles away" aren't significantly effective.

 

I'd rather see more articles on what can be done and which effect it would most likely have. Droning "waah global warming" annoyingly several times sadly makes me take an opposing viewpoint.

Edited July 11, 2007 by Alegis (see edit history)

I do think that it is a real threat, but they (they being governments, communities, senators, officials etc etc) are making it out to be worse then it actually really is! Yes, if we had of done something about it many many years ago, and have had a better understanding of what we were doing, it wouldn't be as bad as it is today.We have already made the mistakes and now there is no way that we can go back on it. All we can do is make sure that we dont repeat these mistakes and make sure that we do things right for the future.But, after saying that, we (humans) have only lived on the earth for a tiny part of its history. For all we know, we may have been living in the 'wet season' and are now heading into the dry season. This may be a natural occurance that we have never seen before because we have never lived here to see it, and probably, us who are alive today, wont see another 'wet season' again. What wipped out the dinosaurs, was it the dry season that we are maybe heading into now?Still, I think we need to be cautious of what we are doing and make sure that we are not ruining the environment and our earth for future generations. Even if we aren't doing anything, its still better to be safe then sorry!-jimmy

Global warming, for me, is definitely real. When I was in kindergarden, the winters in Southern Ontario (Canada) were freezing. The snow on the sidewalk regularly measured up to a metre (which was fun to play in, but not so fun when you're trying to dig your car out in -10'C weather). Now, it's 2007. It's not that cold. It rarely snows in the winter. When it does snow, it's only a centimetre thick and it usually melts by the end of the day.I'm sure there are natural phenomenons that cause this, but at the same time, we do affect the earth and play a part in global warming. Carbon dioxide, noted as the number one cause of global warming, is emitted by our activities and it must go somewhere, so it goes into the atmosphere, creating a blanket that keeps the heat in.I do agree with Jimmy89 that, perhaps, this is a natural cycle of the Earth, that it's naturally heating up in a way we don't understand. But still, we haven't been very kind to the Earth, littering, polluting, and overusing its resources. The least we can do is help out, and maybe we'll be able to preserve it for future generations to enjoy.Serena

I don't think it's a real threat. I mean, for sure everything on Earth will be ruined by hurricanes and such, but I think global warming was sort of planned to happen anyway (says the bible, I'm religious).

I'm not convinced that global warming is a real threat...the evidence that the theory is based on is derived from models of dubious accuracy. There is just as much evidence to support that our planet goes through "hot cycles" and that the warming is a natural phenomenon as there is to support the global warming as a result of human intervention theory. The fact is, we don't have evidence that goes far enough back to show that humans are causing the gradual increase in the temperature on this planet.

sure there are hot cycles, but this hot? I don't think so:

 

 

 

As the charts indicated, there are hot periods, but never this hot.

 

xboxrulz

Global warming, for me, is definitely real. When I was in kindergarden, the winters in Southern Ontario (Canada) were freezing. The snow on the sidewalk regularly measured up to a metre (which was fun to play in, but not so fun when you're trying to dig your car out in -10'C weather). Now, it's 2007. It's not that cold. It rarely snows in the winter. When it does snow, it's only a centimetre thick and it usually melts by the end of the day.
I'm sure there are natural phenomenons that cause this, but at the same time, we do affect the earth and play a part in global warming. Carbon dioxide, noted as the number one cause of global warming, is emitted by our activities and it must go somewhere, so it goes into the atmosphere, creating a blanket that keeps the heat in.

I do agree with Jimmy89 that, perhaps, this is a natural cycle of the Earth, that it's naturally heating up in a way we don't understand. But still, we haven't been very kind to the Earth, littering, polluting, and overusing its resources. The least we can do is help out, and maybe we'll be able to preserve it for future generations to enjoy.

Serena

I completely agree. I haven't seen 10cm thick snow since ... 2002?? That's whacked.

In 1997, 10cm snow was frequent, in 2002, not so much. Now? Haven't seen a single time when we had thick snow.

xboxrulz

Yes, I do agree. But you do hear of all these scientists trying to "Save The Earth" and you see campaigns and meetings, doesn't that say something? It is really a big question because you have one side of the story that says it is real, and it is happening. However, you have the other side of the story that says it isn't real. They both have factual evidence. So, how do you know if it is real or if it isn't real?

Call me cynical, but I say the "scientists" are interested in global warming because they're meteorologists and want job security; they see what they want to see. I'm not implying that they're falsifying research data, just that their interpretations of the data may be more or less biased, knowingly or not.

I think anyone who thinks Global Warming isn't real needs to burst their little bubble and be realistic. If we all sit on our bottoms pretending that nothing's wrong, we're going to end up in serious trouble. In Australia here, we're in the middle of the worst drought on record, there've been torrential rain and flooding in NSW, and overall erratic and unpredictable weather patterns. Exactly what scientists have been telling us will happen as a result of global warming. Temperatures have never been this hot before, and still our Prime Minister insists that there is "No Scientific Evidence" of global warming, and gets back to talking about having Nuclear Power Plants placed all over the country. When Global Warming starts to get really bad (and it's getting worse), people will realise that when they could have been cutting down on emissions, using environmentally friendly products, and using alternative energy, and helping stop the problem, they've been burning fossil fuels, emitting greenhouse gases and using petroleum cars, and making it worse. Global warming is a serious problem, and people need to start taking it seriously, or we'll all pay the price.

 

Oh, and as for that "Global Warming Swindle" documentary, the fact that half of the graphs were made up suggests that it's not to be taken entirely seriously.

I think anyone who thinks Global Warming isn't real needs to burst their little bubble and be realistic. If we all sit on our bottoms pretending that nothing's wrong, we're going to end up in serious trouble. In Australia here, we're in the middle of the worst drought on record, there've been torrential rain and flooding in NSW, and overall erratic and unpredictable weather patterns. Exactly what scientists have been telling us will happen as a result of global warming. Temperatures have never been this hot before, and still our Prime Minister insists that there is "No Scientific Evidence" of global warming, and gets back to talking about having Nuclear Power Plants placed all over the country. When Global Warming starts to get really bad (and it's getting worse), people will realise that when they could have been cutting down on emissions, using environmentally friendly products, and using alternative energy, and helping stop the problem, they've been burning fossil fuels, emitting greenhouse gases and using petroleum cars, and making it worse. Global warming is a serious problem, and people need to start taking it seriously, or we'll all pay the price.

 

Oh, and as for that "Global Warming Swindle" documentary, the fact that half of the graphs were made up suggests that it's not to be taken entirely seriously.

Hey, I think most of us are now getting hit real bad. We get torrential rains all the time and nothing is correct here in Toronto anymore. During the summer it's hotter than ever and during winter, we don't see a lot of snow anymore. A lot of friends said that back in the 1970s, we always get at least 10cm of snow whenever we have snow and Christmas also had snowfall. Now? Just a bright sunny day at -5 degrees Celsius. Temperature at 1997 in December, I remember was like -20 degrees Celsius.

 

xboxrulz

Are you kidding me? Of course its real! There are droughts everywhere, sky high temperatures, islands getting drowned, the sea level rising like mad, the two poles melting faster than ever, and never before seen natural disasters are occuring everywhere and people are doubting the reality of global warming? This means super ignorant people do exist or they just listen to governments blindly. How much more evidence do you need to prove its credibility? Its like 40 years ago when people are trying to say smoking kills you, the tobacco companies pay scientist to say that "we don't know, there are no concrete prove that it causes lung cancer, maybe something else, like the hot cycle maybe?"

In fact , global warming may just be a cycle . One prove is - Continental Drift . ( When a continent moves ) Continental drift effects the earths climate mainly because of three factors. Net poleward movement, antarctic cooling and changing ocean currents. For example, the waters around New Zealand's south island cooled from 20° at the beginning of the Eocene about 53 million years ago, to about 17° C during 30-14 Ma BP, then cooling to the present 12° C. But don't be happy . The ozone layer is depleting . Its because we are doing it .

I believe global warming is a real problem. We pollute the air with fossil fuels, such as coal and oil. Carbon dioxide helps to heat our earth naturally, but too much of the gas is heating the world up too rapidly. With no where for that heat to escape, it melts the glaciers and makes our water level rise along with the heat. I think that it might take a while for a large increase in temperature to begin to show, but I know it's not just something scientists are making up.